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Definitions by Uncle Dimma

putting sticks in someone's wheels 

(mettre des bâtons dans les roues in French of France)

preventing someone from achieving their full social/educational potential, or just hindering their plans altogether
if a cheater is failing you on purpose they are probably putting sticks in someone's wheels

craigs-book 

a little black book/notebook containing the address/phone of every craigs-hook you have ever had
having a craigs-book doesn't prevent you from getting married. i even know a life-long bachelor who would keep a craigs-book as a trophy.
craigs-book by Uncle Dimma December 30, 2014

where-when 

a phrase meaning wherever and whenever one has the time to do something
where-when you have time or feel like it, please give me a call.
where-when by Uncle Dimma December 30, 2014

right up your alley 

1) something you are proficient at and capable of doing
2) a social class that you don't belong to but whose members you associate with anyways, probably f-sag
in terms of both definitions 1 and 2, if you are in jail for issues of domestic violence and misogynistic assault, who says says something more serious, like rape and murder, can't be right up your alley as well?

another day at the office 

a nicer expression replacing "same shit different day"
person 1) how was your day
person 2) ah boring, you know another day at the office
person 1) but you don't work at an office, but a warehouse
person 2) it's a new expression for "same shit, different day".
an offensive Quebec French term for a person a person visibly suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
if someone calls me a mongole, i tell them that they are Chernobyl bantlings
mongole by Uncle Dimma December 27, 2014

snare the groundhog before your foundation is destroyed 

to legally take care of a problem before it's too late or before the problem gets worse
if you have a house and a groundhog living under your front porch, you better snare the groundhog before your foundation is destroyed. In this scenario, this phrase IMHO is therefore more than just friendly advice.